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Crown Rock

Crown Rock, seen from above at true elevation

Crown Rock rises to 2,850 m in California. Mount Reinstein stands 3,842 m to the northeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Castle Peak, a peak 2.3 miles away.

The story

mountain in the Sierra Nevada of California

Wikidata Q118644903, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
2850 m

How to reach it

Coordinates36.95411, -118.86849

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Waterfalls: 14
Springs: 12
Picnic sites: 11
  • Helms Picnic Area: 7.1 mi
  • Short Hair Creek Picnic Area: 7.5 mi
  • Wee-mee-kute Picnic Site: 11.3 mi
  • Grizzly Falls Picnic Area: 12.5 mi
  • Mc Kinley Botanical Area: 14.1 mi
Attractions: 10
Historic sites: 9
  • Blue Canyon Cabin: 6.8 mi
  • Shorty's Granite Pass Cabin: 15.1 mi
  • Shorty's Williams Meadow Cabin: 17.7 mi
  • Qualls Camp: 18.6 mi
  • Shorty's Crowley Canyon Cabin: 20.2 mi
Cliffs: 7
Parks: 4
Beaches: 2

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.3 miles of Crown Rock. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount ReinsteinNE 40°3,841.8 m11.3 mi
Finger PeakNE 55°3,779.7 m9.3 mi
Black CrownENE 65°3,649.6 m10.9 mi
Tunemah PeakENE 74°3,626.5 m10.3 mi
Blue Canyon PeakENE 60°3,615 m10.2 mi
Blackcap MountainNNE 27°3,519 m9.1 mi
Hogback PeakESE 122°3,376 m10.2 mi
Mount HarringtonSE 128°3,360 m9.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3319:08
June solstice05:3719:4020:19
September equinox06:4418:2018:54
December solstice07:0616:0316:43

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F464853586573818176665345
Precip in5.64.95.12.61.40.40.20.00.21.42.14.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Balch PWR House, 13 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/7955924525

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